Recently we got a chance to do an interview with Ahishor and it was a perfect film to talk about in our Crime & Mafia Special:
01: As the promo suggests, John Day offers thrill. Tell us more about the film?
AS: It is more of a drama/thriller infact....it is basically about these two men, a simple honest god fearing man, and the other is a nihilistic corrupt violent man, let’s call them a saint and the beast....a particular event sets them out on a journey where eventually their paths cross. And they take a bit of each other... the movie doesn’t draw a line between good and evil but blurs that line... no one is a born saint or a beast it’s the circumstances that bring out the worst or and at times the best too ... John Day is a violent film, it is about people who are doomed and damned, there is no hope no solace but only destruction....read it somewhere "when you seek the path of revenge you dig two graves, one of your enemy and one of your own.
02: Thrillers are tricky to conceive and write. As a scriptwriter, how you develop an idea into a thriller on paper?
AS: The plot of the film is loosely inspired by a foreign film. But the core idea of the film occurred to me when once in my home town I witnessed a grotesque sight. A man biting a man throat in retaliation to the savage beatings. The image stayed in my mind only to realize that "with in every man there is a beast hidden and behind every beast there is a story"... yes that the core of the film... the writing took me a long time... drafts after drafts along with time, the script became more layered and characters more complex....what I shot is the 10th draft.
03: How was the experience of directing theatre legends like Naseer Sa'ab and Shernaz Ji?
AS: Fabulous.
04: How did Strings came on board?
AS: They were in Mumbai and a friend of my producer Anjum Rizvi met them and spoke to them about the film... he had seen it the other day on the edit... they liked the story of the film and expressed their interest to do a song... we met and clicked pretty fast... I think they are good at their work. Would like to use them again in my future films.
05: What will be your message for upcoming filmmakers
AS: Be at it...some day you will get a chance just like I did.
Team TRM wishes Ahishor best for his forthcoming ventures.
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